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Pte. John James Wilton Douglas

British Army 5th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

from:Jarrow

(d.4th Nov 1918)

John James Wilton Douglas died aged 29. The son of Annie Diana Douglas of 11 Seaford Road, Hove Sussex, he was born in Southwick Sussex and lived in and enlisted at Jarrow. On the 1911 census, John James Wilton Douglas age 17 Apprentice Ship Painter in Shipyard is recorded as living with his parents John and Elizabeth Bond and family at 48 York Street, Jarrow. He was the husband of Lydia Turner (late Douglas nee Fromhold) of 47 Clayton Street Jarrow.

John is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow, he buried in Ruesnes Communal Cemetery.



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